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Primary responsibility for tackling alcohol related harms is seen to rest with individuals, thealcohol industry, and the national government
More than 4 in 5 people want to know about the health harms associated with alcohol
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The future of millions of children, the sustainability of the NHS, and the economic prosperity of Britain all depend on a radical upgrade in prevention and public healthSimon Stevens “NHS Five Year Forward View”
• Investment in early life interventions
• Controlling the availability of and exposure to obesogenic food and drink
• Increased walkability/cyclability of the built environment
• Increasing responsibility of organisations for health of employees
• Targeting health interventions for those at high risk or already obese
Tackling obesities: future choices
Government Office for Science (2007)
Signposting healthier choices through labelling
23 companies, representing two-thirds of pre-packaged food, have committed to adopt and implement a voluntary Front of Pack nutrition labelling scheme
Reformulation: creating a healthier food supply
70% reduction insaturated fat
7% reduction in energy
40% reduction in fat
50% decrease in salt
50% decrease in salt
30% less sugar
Fiscal measures
• Health-related food taxes now in place in France, Hungary, Finland, Norway, Mexico, some US states and some South Pacific islands (mostly sugary drinks)
• In Mexico a 10% tax on sugary drinks linked to ~ 10% decline in purchases
• Implementation of UK soft drink industry levy, still facing considerable opposition ….
• Exposure to food advertisements increased subsequent energy intake in all children
• The increase was greater in obese children (155%) and the overweight children (101%) than the NW children (89%).
Halford, Boyland, Hughes et al (2008) Pub Health Nutr. 11 (9), 897- 904
Food marketing to children increases energy intake, especially among the obese
Open bars: Toy adverts; Shaded bars: Food adverts
• Advice increases quit attempts by 24%
• Offering support on how to quit increases them by 68% to 117%
• Direct comparison offer help vs offer advice increases quit attempts
by 39% to 69%
National Leadership
Innovation Action Sustainability
Cancer Prevention Champion
&Advisory Board
“Sandpit Workshops”Grants up to
£20,000
Cancer Prevention Fellowships
Policy Research Centre for
Cancer Prevention